In today’s Academic Minute, Texas A&M University's Joseph Nagyvary demonstrates the different vowel tones possessed by many high-end violins. Nagyvary is a professor emeritus of biochemistry at Texas A&M, where he has conducted research into the construction and tonal quality of Stradivarius and Guarnerius violins for more than 25 years. Find out more about him here. A transcript of this podcast can be found here.